Goals For 2016

Hello Everyone!

Sorry I've been so absent recently, I've had a lot going on.

It is  New Year's Eve; the end of 2015, so it's only right to set some goals for the upcoming year.

This year has been a tough one for me,  reading back last year's post I had achieved  quite a lot.  This year has just been a  struggle and I'm looking forward to saying goodbye to 2015!

​This is going to be a lengthy 'talky' post so if that's not your thing, feel free to skip out on this one and have a browse through my categories! I'm sure you'll find something that's to your liking.

Building a Gingerbread House

Hello Everyone!
Little mid-week blog post for you today.
I built a gingerbread house (from a kit) with my sister.
We bought the kit from Tesco for £4!
​Here we go...

Winchester Christmas Market

Hello everyone!

Happy Sunday!

On Wednesday afternoon, my mum, my sister and I took the train to Winchester so that we could mooch around the Winchester Christmas Market. Winchester is always lovely anyway and we had a really wonderful day out. Here are a few of the photos I took.

Blog Update

Hello everyone!

Hope you're enjoying your Sunday, leave me a comment telling me if you've been up to anything nice.

Just a quick update today but quite an exciting one!

I  just want to explain why I've been so absent recently and what's to come in the near future. 

This is going  to be a really quick talky post so if that's not your thing feel free to browse through one of my categories  in the side bar. There's lots to choose from!

Hair Care Routine

Hello Everyone!

Happy Sunday,

Do you have anything nice planned for today?

Today I'll be telling you about my hair care routine.

I know some people really go to town with hair care... I am not one of those people.

I only use a couple of hair products and  hair tools.

(Looking at this post on my iPad, the colours of the photos look really yellow? They're fine on my laptop, so just be aware!)

Huge Superdrug Beauty Haul

​Hello  everyone!

Happy Sunday!
​I had some birthday money to spend so of course I headed straight to Superdrug to get my make up fix! 
The main point of the trip was because all my make up had started to run out at the same time (waah) so I was picking up some of my favourites and  a couple of extras too. 
I thought you might like to have a looksie.  
Brace yourselves for a lot of photos and a fair bit of text.

MAC 'Diva-Ish' and 'All Fired Up' Lipsticks

Hello Everyone,

Happy Sunday!

On the 3rd of October I turned 20. I had a really lovely birthday and was very lucky to receive  such thoughtful gifts and spend time with wonderful people. I felt very loved and special!

I went out for a meal with some friends from work on the night of my birthday (it was just a work outing but it happened to fall on my birthday!) and was thrilled to receive a card and a few goodies. I was very spoilt and felt very  privileged to work with such great people. I thought next week's post will be  a quick OOTN with some photos from the day too (I realise how late I'm posting that and is probably more for my benefit than yours, haha)

Anyway onto today's post!

OOTN: Lara Croft Fancy Dress Outfit

Hello everyone,
Happy Sunday!

On Friday night I went to a fancy dress party as Lara Croft and  thought I would show you the photos and give you the outfit details.
​I had so much fun dressing up as Lara! 
Credit to my sister for taking such awesome photos for me.

Makeup Revolution 'Newtrals VS Neutrals' Palette

Hello everyone! 

Happy Sunday!

If you saw my  tweet, you'll know I've done a lot of beauty shopping recently so I'll be doing some reviews here on the blog.  I made a MakeUp  Revolution   order, purely because I couldn't get what I wanted in my Superdrug as it's a bit lacking!  I bought the Oil Control Setting Spray (£5), the  New-Trals vs Neutrals palette (£6.99) that  I had been eager to get my hands on and a couple of new eye brushes; the E101 and the E103 (£1.99 each). Read on to  see what I think of them.

Blog's 2nd Birthday

Hello everyone!

Today marks the 2nd birthday (anniversary?) of my blog, if you want to read the blog post I wrote about my blog's first birthday last year, you can do so here.

Top 5 Red Lipsticks

Hello Everyone!
Happy Sunday!
Just a quick post today, showing you my top 5 red lipsticks, as red lipstick is definitely a staple of mine. I'm sure you've heard me talk about some of these before. These are in no particular order!

MOTD Featuring New Products

Hello Everyone!

Happy Sunday!
I bought a couple of new beauty products on Friday and wanted to use them today. I was pleased with the look so I thought I'd share it with you. 

It's a grey smokey eye with a pretty pink lip. 

GOSH Forever Eye Shadow Crayons

Hello everyone!

Happy Sunday.
My GOSH Forever Eye Shadow stick soon became a staple while I was on holiday. I've had it for months but threw it into my make up bag last minute and I'm so glad I did.
Today I'm going to talk about all the things I love about my little eyeshadow stick because I think it's fab and feel that everyone should know about them (although you probably already do!) 

Holiday Lookbook

Hello Everyone!
I've had a wonderful two  weeks away in Nerja, Spain with my family, but it's so nice to be back blogging!
How have you all been?  Tell me what you've  been up to in the comments!
Today I've put together a post featuring some of my favourite outfits that I wore on holiday and thought it might give you some outfit inspo, as  there's still some summer left to enjoy (glances  out the window and thinks maybe not).

Gerard Cosmetics 'Rose Hill' Lipgloss & '1995' Lipstick

Hello everyone!

Happy Sunday!Today I'll be reviewing and swatching the Jaclyn Hill x Gerard Cosmetics collab, Rose Hill Lipgloss and 1995 Lipstick.

Rimmel 'Lasting Perfection' Concealer Review

Hello everyone!

Happy Friday!

I've bought a lot of stuff recently so expect a few hauls and review blog posts coming up. Today I'm reviewing the Rimmel 'Lasting Finish' Concealer. 

How I Achieve Long, Thick Lashes

Hello Everyone!

Happy Sunday to you!

As promised, today I'm going to show you how I get long, thick, fluttery lashes.

No false lashes, lash extensions or growth serums needed. 

Nail Art Nut's 2nd Birthday

Hello everyone!

Today marks the second anniversary of my nail art Instagram!

I created a second Instagram because I had become so obsessed with nail art, I was posting them to my regular Instagram about twice a week! So it made sense to have a dedicated nail art Instagram. I've also put together a collage of all the nail art designs I have created over the past two years, that's 144 photos! 

Butterfly Wing Nail Art Tutorial

Hello everyone!
Happy Sunday to you.
I have another nail art themed blog post today; this butterfly wing nail art tutorial. 
On Wednesday, it'll be my nail art instagram's second birthday! 

Top 5 Nail Art Starter Items

Hello Everyone!

A happy Friday to you! 

I did a post similar to this when I first started blogging a year and a half ago, but I have since improved and I think this is much more concise. 

Starting A Blog | Tips & Advice

Hello Everyone!
Happy Sunday to you!
I had to work today (boo), I have tomorrow off though (woo!)
Today I thought I'd share with you my thoughts, tips and advice for starting a blog.
Maybe it's something you've been thinking about but don't know where to start.
That's why I'm here to help!

5 Favourite Nail Art Designs | 5 Things Friday

Hello everyone! 
Thank goodness it's Friday!
I've been lacking in nail art designs and inspiration for a while now, but I've recently become inspired again *yippee* so expect some new nail art designs soon. 
On the topic of nail art (in case you hadn't noticed the theme of today...), I scrolled through my Nail Art Instagram and chose five of my favourite nail art looks to date and I'd like to share them with you today. They're all super fun, colourful and most importantly, easy. 

Make Up Academy 'Elysium Palette'

Hello everyone!
Happy Sunday to you.
Today I'll be talking about the Make Up Academy 'Elysium Palette'. 

'Can't Live Without' Beauty Essentials

Hello everyone!

Happy Sunday.
Today I'll be sharing with you my absolute, can't live without, beauty essentials. I thought in this blog post I'd just include drugstore/high street favourites. 

Acrylic Nail Application

Hello Everyone!

Happy Sunday! 

Did you know it's also International Women's Day?

Today I thought I'd do a little post showing you how I apply my acrylic nails.

Brace yourselves for some last minute, shocking quality photos...

Payday Haul

Hello everyone! And hello March!
Happy Sunday to you.
The last Friday of every month is the day that I get paid and luckily, this time, I had the day off. A perfect excuse to do some shopping! 
So I went shopping with my Mumma and treated her to lunch, it was one of the nicest days I have had in a very long time. 
I bought quite a bit so I thought you'd be interested in seeing it!

L.O.V.E | Valentines Day Nail Art Tutorial

Hello everyone!

Yay it's friday! It's also Friday the 13th, are any of you superstitious? 

Today I bring you the last of my Valentine's Day nail art tutorials (that was weirdly formal).

"Mwah" | Valentines Day Nail Art Tutorial

Hello everyone!

Day two of my Valentine's Day nail art tutorials!
Today is this gold and pink "mwah!" design. 

Valentines Roses | Valentines Day Nail Art Tutorial

Hello Everyone! 

Today is the first of my Valentines Day nail art tutorials! 

Today it is these 'Valentine Roses'.

New Year's Work Party | Outfit & Make Up Details

Hello Everyone! 

Midweek blog post for you! I went to my work party Sunday night (I know, weird night to have a party on) and decided to share with you my outfit and make up details. Apparently I thought it'd be a good idea to attempt to get high quality photos in terrible lighting as I was running out the door. My usual. 

I had a really fun time and it was such a good turn out! It was lovely to see my work friends outside of work too.

The Outfit

Make Up Revolution Awesome Metals Foil Finish Eyeshadow | Review

Hello Everyone!

Happy Sunday to you!

I wasn't sure what to blog about today. I've bought a few bits from e.l.f recently, so I'm sure I'll do a haul about it soon, but both my last posts have been haul types. I also have a wordy/talky post I want to do but I want to put lots of thought into that one. 

So I thought I'd talk to you about the Make Up Revolution Awesome Metals Foil Finish Eyeshadows. That's a huuuuuge name. 

I have the colour Rose Gold and they cost £4 each.

Christmas Nail Art Goodies

Hello everyone!

As I mentioned last week in my Christmas Make Up blog post, today I'll be showing you all the nail art stuff I was lucky enough to receive for Christmas. 

Christmas Make Up

Hello Everyone!

We've done enough reflecting and goal making for now, time to get back to make up and nail art. 

Today I want to share with you the make up I recieved for Christmas, I only asked for two things and was lucky enough to receive them both. 

This is the Make Up Revolution Ultimate Eyeshadow Collection and Urban Decay 'Naked On The Run'. 

Goals For 2015

Hello everyone! 

I hope you all had a good New Years! 

Today I want to talk about my goals for 2015, because, as we all know, I don't 'do' resolutions. 

I have high hopes for this year. I feel like it's going to be a good'n.